White Sands Missile Range

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United States Army facility military installation missile test range

White Sands Missile Range is a major U.S. Army testing facility in southern New Mexico known for missile and weapons testing and as the site of the first atomic bomb detonation.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
White Sands Missile Range canonical	12
White Sands Proving Ground	5
Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range	1
U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range	1
United States Army White Sands Missile Range	1
White Sands Complex	1
White Sands Missile Range (partial)	1
White Sands Missile Range (surrounding military reservation)	1
White Sands Missile Range Garrison	1
White Sands Missile Range area	1
White Sands Missile Range main post	1
White Sands Missile Range vicinity	1
White Sands Space Harbor	1
White Sands Test Range	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Army facility ⓘ military installation ⓘ missile test range ⓘ
area	over 3,200 square miles ⓘ over 8,000 square kilometers ⓘ
associatedWith	Multiple Launch Rocket System testing ⓘ Nike missile testing ⓘ Patriot missile testing ⓘ Pershing missile testing ⓘ V-2 rocket testing ⓘ early U.S. space program testing ⓘ
controlledBy	United States Army ⓘ surface form: U.S. Army
country	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfEvent	Trinity test site, New Mexico ⓘ surface form: Trinity nuclear test, 16 July 1945
distinction	largest military installation in the United States by land area ⓘ
established	1945 ⓘ
formerName	White Sands Missile Range self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: White Sands Proving Ground
garrison	White Sands Missile Range self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: White Sands Missile Range Garrison
hasRunway	White Sands Space Harbor (former Shuttle landing site) ⓘ
hosts	Trinity test site, New Mexico ⓘ surface form: Trinity Site National Historic Landmark
locatedIn	Dona Ana County, New Mexico ⓘ Lincoln County, New Mexico ⓘ New Mexico ⓘ Otero County, New Mexico ⓘ Sierra County, New Mexico ⓘ Socorro County, New Mexico ⓘ
location	southern New Mexico ⓘ
namedAfter	White Sands National Park ⓘ surface form: White Sands (gypsum dune field)
near	Alamogordo ⓘ surface form: Alamogordo, New Mexico Las Cruces, New Mexico ⓘ White Sands National Park ⓘ
notableEvent	Trinity test device ⓘ surface form: Trinity nuclear test
openToPublic	Trinity Site, limited days per year ⓘ
operator	United States Army ⓘ
partOf	U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command ⓘ
primaryFunction	missile testing ⓘ research and development ⓘ weapons systems testing ⓘ
siteOf	first atomic bomb detonation ⓘ
usedBy	NASA ⓘ defense contractors ⓘ other U.S. military services ⓘ
usedFor	aeronautical research ⓘ air defense missile testing ⓘ artillery testing ⓘ ballistic missile testing ⓘ directed energy weapons testing ⓘ electronic warfare testing ⓘ space launch and tracking ⓘ unmanned aerial systems testing ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

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Trinity test site, New Mexico → locatedIn → White Sands Missile Range ⓘ

NASA Space Shuttle program → landingSite → White Sands Missile Range ⓘ

this entity surface form: White Sands Space Harbor

Socorro County, New Mexico → contains → White Sands Missile Range ⓘ

this entity surface form: White Sands Missile Range (partial)

Trinity → testSite → White Sands Missile Range ⓘ

this entity surface form: White Sands Proving Ground

Trinity test device → testSite → White Sands Missile Range ⓘ

this entity surface form: White Sands Proving Ground

White Sands Missile Range → formerName → White Sands Missile Range self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: White Sands Proving Ground

White Sands Missile Range → garrison → White Sands Missile Range self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: White Sands Missile Range Garrison

Starliner spacecraft → landingSites → White Sands Missile Range ⓘ

Jornada del Muerto desert → near → White Sands Missile Range ⓘ

United States rocket program → keyFacility → White Sands Missile Range ⓘ

this entity surface form: White Sands Proving Ground

U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command → hasComponent → White Sands Missile Range ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range

Space Network → hasComponent → White Sands Missile Range ⓘ

this entity surface form: White Sands Complex

United States nuclear weapons testing → firstTestLocation → White Sands Missile Range ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range

White Sands National Park → partiallySurroundedBy → White Sands Missile Range ⓘ

Otero County, New Mexico → containsMilitaryInstallation → White Sands Missile Range ⓘ

White Sands Space Harbor (former Shuttle landing site) → locatedIn → White Sands Missile Range ⓘ

subject surface form: White Sands Space Harbor

this entity surface form: White Sands Missile Range area

Dona Ana County, New Mexico → containsMilitaryArea → White Sands Missile Range ⓘ

Alamogordo → near → White Sands Missile Range ⓘ

Redstone rocket → launchSite → White Sands Missile Range ⓘ

this entity surface form: White Sands Proving Ground

Bataan Death March Memorial Monument (New Mexico, USA) → locatedIn → White Sands Missile Range ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Army White Sands Missile Range

Bataan Death March Memorial Monument (New Mexico, USA) → locatedOn → White Sands Missile Range ⓘ

this entity surface form: White Sands Missile Range main post

Tularosa Basin region → contains → White Sands Missile Range ⓘ

Fra Cristóbal Mountains → near → White Sands Missile Range ⓘ

U.S. Route 380 → passesNear → White Sands Missile Range ⓘ

Oscura Mountains → partOf → White Sands Missile Range ⓘ

this entity surface form: White Sands Test Range

NASA White Sands Test Facility → locatedOn → White Sands Missile Range ⓘ

this entity surface form: White Sands Missile Range vicinity

McGregor Range → adjacentTo → White Sands Missile Range ⓘ

Lake Lucero → within → White Sands Missile Range ⓘ

this entity surface form: White Sands Missile Range (surrounding military reservation)